ESSENTIAL EUROPEAN UNION BUSINESS WEBSITES

European Commission Delegation Website (http://www.eurunion.org/)

• Economic/Finance Policy Area
  (http://www.eurunion.org/policyareas/economics.htm)

• Trade Policy Area (http://www.eurunion.org/policyareas/trade.htm)

• EU/US Relations
  (http://www.eurunion.org/partner/euusrelations/transcorpdocs.htm)

• Doing Business with the EU (http://www.eurunion.org/states/DoingBizwEU.htm)

• Hot Topics (http://www.eurunion.org/newsweb/hottopics.htm)

• Best European Union Law Websites
  (http://www.eurunion.org/infores/BestLawSites.HTM)

• A to Z Index of EU Websites
  (http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euindex.htm)

Special Websites:

• Your Europe - Business
  (http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/nav/en/business/index.html) 

  • Europages European Business Directory
    (http://www.europages.com/home-en.html)

• Business Statistics - Observatory for Small & Medium Enterprises - SMEs (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/analysis/observatory_en.htm)

• Databases
  (http://europa.eu/geninfo/info/guide/index_en.htm#db)

• E-Commerce:

  • i2010
    (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/i2010/index_en.htm)

  • Enterprise Directorate General: e-Business
    (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/index_en.htm)

  • E-Business Legal Aspects
    (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/legal/index.htm)

  • Information Society Thematic Portal: New Working Environments
    (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/atwork/index_en.htm)

  • Internal Market Directorate General E-Commerce Website
    (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/e-commerce/index_en.htm)

• EU Enterprise Legislation Overview
  (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/index_en.htm)

• EU Industry Policy Overview
  (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors_en.htm)

• Euro Info Centres - Inform, advise and assist businesses in all Community matters. This network consists of 270 Euro Info Centres and 12 Correspondence Centres located in 37 European and Mediterranean countries.
  (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/networks/eic/eic.html)

• Eurostat (Statistical Office (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL)

  • Economy & Finance (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=0,1136173,0_45570698&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL)

  • External Trade (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=0,1136217,0_45571464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL)

  • Industry, Trade & Services (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=0,1136195,0_45572094&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL)

• Grants & Loans Available from the EU
  (http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm)

• Partners Service - CORDIS (Community Research & Development Information Service)
  (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp6/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP6PartnersPage)

• Statistics (http://europa.eu/geninfo/info/guide/index_en.htm#stat)

  • Economic & Financial (http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/indicators_en.htm)

  • Trade (http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/bilateral/data.htm)

  • Trade Sectors (http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/sectoral/index_en.htm)

  • Market (http://madb.europa.eu/mkaccdb2/statistical_form.htm)

• TED - Tenders Electronic Daily - A listing of public procurement opportunities within the European Union open for bid.
  (http://ted.europa.eu/Exec?Template=TED/homepage.htm&DataFlow=hRead.dfl&hpt=ALL&StatLang=EN)

• SIMAP - contains "best practices" information on public procurement, as well as links to related sites.
  (http://simap.europa.eu/A/2330efb7-0aab-b34c-04c0377ccce3f48d_en.html)

• Terminology
  (http://europa.eu/geninfo/info/guide/index_en.htm#term)

Directorates General (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs_en.htm):

• Competition (Antitrust) Directorate General
  (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/index_en.html)

• Economic & Financial Affairs Directorate General
  (http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/index_en.htm)

• Employment & Social Affairs Directorate General
  (http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/index_en.html)

• Enterprise& Industry Directorate General
  (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm)

• Taxation & Customs Union Directorate General
  (http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/about/welcome/index_en.htm)

• Trade Directorate General
  (http://ec.europa.eu/trade/index_en.htm)

Other EU Bodies (http://europa.eu/institutions/inst/index_en.htm):

• Council of the EU
  (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.ASP?lang=en)

  • Economic & Financial Affairs (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=250&lang=en)

  • Competitiveness
    (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=412&lang=en&mode=g)

  • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=411&lang=en&mode=g)

• European Central Bank (http://www.ecb.int/home/html/index.en.html)

• European Investment Bank (http://www.eib.org/)

• European Parliament
  (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm)

  • Budget
    (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?id=153&language=en)

  • Economic & Monetary Affairs
    (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/documents_presse_par_theme_page/907/default_en.htm)

  • Internal Market & Industry
    (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/documents_presse_par_theme_page/909/default_en.htm)

• EU Agencies (http://europa.eu/agencies/index_en.htm)

Overviews:

• Activities - Overviews of EU Policies.
  (http://europa.eu/pol/index_en.htm)

• SCADPlus - Summaries of EU Legislation by Topic.
  (http://europa.eu/scadplus/scad_en.htm)